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Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, walks through rows of boxed Personal protective equipment, PPE, with dignitaries and elected officials, as he prepares to announce the next phase of California's COVID-19 response called "SMARTER,
Gov. Gavin Newsom announces the next phase of California's COVID-19 response called "SMARTER,
Gov. Gavin Newsom announces the next phase of California's COVID-19 response called "SMARTER,
Gov. Gavin Newsom announces the next phase of California's COVID-19 response called "SMARTER,
Gov. Gavin Newsom announces the next phase of California's COVID-19 response called "SMARTER,
Gov. Gavin Newsom removes his face mask before speaking at a press conference to announce the next phase of California's COVID-19 response called "SMARTER,
Gov. Gavin Newsom announces the next phase of California's COVID-19 response called "SMARTER,
Gov. Gavin Newsom announces the next phase of California's COVID-19 response called "SMARTER,
Gov. Gavin Newsom removes his face mask before speaking at a press conference to announce the next phase of California's COVID-19 response called "SMARTER,
Gov. Gavin Newsom announces the next phase of California's COVID-19 response called "SMARTER,
Gov. Gavin Newsom announces the next phase of California's COVID-19 response called "SMARTER,
Gov. Gavin Newsom announces the next phase of California's COVID-19 response called "SMARTER,
Gov. Gavin Newsom announces the next phase of California's COVID-19 response called "SMARTER,
Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, walks through rows of boxed Personal protective equipment, PPE, with dignitaries and elected officials, as he prepares to announce the next phase of California's COVID-19 response called "SMARTER," during a press conference at the UPS Healthcare warehouse in Fontana, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. The plan is to move from the pandemic stage into an endemic stage in which people will learn to live COVID. (Watchara Phomicinda/The Orange County Register/SCNG via AP)

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California's capital city is called SACRAMENTO. California became the first state to formally shift to anemic approach to the coronaviruses with Gov.

The milestone envisions a return to a more normal existence with the help of a variety of initiatives and billions in new spending to more quickly spot surge or variant, add health care workers, and push back against false claims and other misinformation.

We are moving past the crisis phase into a phase where we will work to live with this virus, he said during a news conference from a state warehouse.

The first-term Democrat, who survived a recall election driven by critics of his governance during the Pandemic, promised the state's nearly 40 million residents that as the omicron surge fades, we're going to keep them safe.

When the virus still exists in a community, it becomes manageable as immunity builds. There will be no definitive turn of the switch, unlike the case with Wednesday's lifting of the state's indoor masking requirements.

There will be no immediate lifting of the dozens of remaining executive emergency orders that have helped run the state since the first statewide stay- home order was imposed in March 2020.

This pandemic won't have a defined end. There is no finish line.

Some countries have begun planning for the endemic stage after the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a Pandemic on March 11, 2020. No state has offered a detailed plan like Newsom did.

Republicans have been critical of Newsom's handling of the coronaviruses and were quick to criticize his latest effort. State GOP Chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson called it an extra-large helping of word salad and renewed the call to end his state of emergency or lift his school mask mandate.

In the event of an outbreak, the plan sets specific goals such as the creation of an infrastructure to provide up to 200,000 vaccinations and 500,000 tests a day, and the addition of 3,000 medical workers within three weeks.

The administration came up with a shorthand acronym for its new approach: smarter. The letters stand for shots, masks, awareness, readiness, testing, education and Rx, which are references to improving treatments for COVID-19.

The timing is right, according to Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, an epidemiologist at the University of Southern California.

It's appropriate to shift our response from trying to do everything possible, to a more rational response to try to implement things that we have strong evidence that work.

Increased monitoring of virus remnants in wastewater is part of the plan. In many settings, masks will be encouraged.

If a higher level of the virus is detected, health officials will determine if it is a new variant. State and federal officials have a goal to determine if it responds to existing tests, treatments and immunizations within 30 days.

California's health secretary said one of the goals is to avoid business closings. He said that the state requirement that children bevaccinated against coronaviruses by fall is still in effect.

The plan includes new education, including myth-buster videos, to fight misinformation and disinformation and help interpret ever-evolving precautions for a confused public whiplashed by safeguards that seemingly shift by the day and vary across county lines.

In coordination with the federal government, it calls for a first-in-the-nation study of the Pandemic.

It will cost billions of dollars, much of it already outlined in the response package that Newsom sought as part of his budget last month. Lawmakers already approved to boost staffing at hospitals and increase coronavirus testing and vaccine distribution, as well as existing money and anticipated federal funds.

The budget includes more investment in increased laboratory testing capacity, data collection and outbreak investigation.

Some of his executive emergency orders, such as allowing the state to quickly bring in temporary medical workers and distribute more than 13 million home test kits to schools, have been defended by him.

In the last few months, the number of orders has dwindled from over 500 to less than 100, and his administration is working to make them unnecessary.

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